Colombia peace referendum bill stalls after lawmakers fail to turn up to vote
The final vote in Colombia’s Congress to approve the text of the referendum that could seal an eventual peace deal with the FARC was delayed on Wednesday after too few…
The final vote in Colombia’s Congress to approve the text of the referendum that could seal an eventual peace deal with the FARC was delayed on Wednesday after too few…
A court in central Colombia has sentenced commanders of the country’s main rebel group FARC, including top peace negotiators, to 40 years in prison for a 2004 bomb blast that…
Colombia’s Senate began debating a proposed referendum to determine a final peace deal between the government and rebel group, FARC, only to be stopped by two concerned citizens.
An emergency bill was presented to Colombia’s Congress on Thursday, seeking a change in the law allowing for the referendum on a potential peace agreement with rebel group FARC to…
A Colombian congressman is seeking a referendum to revoke the country’s congress and hold immediate elections, Caracol Radio reported Monday. Organizers of the referendum, sponsored by independent Senator Camilo Romero,…
A Colombian advisory commission denounced a congressional referendum to impose life sentences on convicted child murderers and rapists as illegitimate “populism.” Colombian media reported that the commission, made up of…
The organizers of a failed referendum that sought the 2010 reelection of former President Alvaro Uribe will be criminally charged for financial irregularities in the process to organize the popular…
A referendum calling for life imprisonment for child molesters or murderers has passed the first debate in the Colombian senate, El Espectador reported Wednesday. The referendum bill, which arrived at…
Colombian senators are pushing for a constitutional amendment that will allow child rapists to be handed a life sentence, Terra reported on Tuesday. Life sentencing is currently banned in Colombia,…